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Vytautas Žalakevičius is a Director and Scriptwriter Lituanien born on 14 april 1930 at Kaunas (Lituanie)

Vytautas Žalakevičius

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Nationality Lituanie
Birth 14 april 1930 at Kaunas (Lituanie)
Death 12 november 1996 (at 66 years) at Vilnius (Lituanie)
Awards USSR State Prize

Vytautas Žalakevičius (14 April 1930 – 12 November 1996) was a Lithuanian film director and writer. His 1973 film That Sweet Word: Liberty! won the Golden Prize at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.

Biography

Vytautas Žalakevičius studied mathematics and engineering at Kaunas University for two years. From 1951 to 1956 he studied film directing under Mikheil Chiaureli and Grigori Aleksandrov at VGIK in Moscow. He shot to fame with his 1956 film Adam wants to be a man starring Donatas Banionis and his teacher, Juozas Miltinis. His best known film, Nobody Wanted to Die, starring Lithuanian and Latvian actors, brought him international recognition. From 1974 to 1980, Žalakevičius was a staff director at Mosfilm, albeit his Moscow period was less productive, so he returned to Lithuania. Žalakevičius devoted himself to establishing independent Lithuanian film industry, and still worked with international cast of Lithuanian, Russian and Latvian actors. He also thought directing and writing and worked for television.
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Filmography of Vytautas Žalakevičius (3 films)

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Director

That Sweet Word: Liberty!, 2h43
Directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius
Genres Drama
Actors Regimantas Adomaitis, Juozas Budraitis, Rasim Balayev, Mihai Volontir
Rating64% 3.2095953.2095953.2095953.2095953.209595
In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison.
Nobody Wanted to Die, 1h46
Directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Western
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Regimantas Adomaitis, Juozas Budraitis, Bruno O'Ya, Donatas Banionis, Alida Vija Artmane
Rating77% 3.8729653.8729653.8729653.8729653.872965
L'histoire se déroule en 1947, dans la campagne lituanienne, lors de l'implantation du régime communiste dans le pays. Une suite d'événements tragiques est déclenchée par l’assassinat du chef du conseil de village par les membres de la guérilla nationaliste, appelée les frères de la forêt.

Scriptwriter

That Sweet Word: Liberty!, 2h43
Directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius
Genres Drama
Actors Regimantas Adomaitis, Juozas Budraitis, Rasim Balayev, Mihai Volontir
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.2095953.2095953.2095953.2095953.209595
In an unnamed Latin American country after a coup d'état, a military junta comes to power. The army deployed to the streets, the civilian population is exposed to hard terror. A wave of arrests follows, some former senators - liberals and communists - are sent to prison.
Nobody Wanted to Die, 1h46
Directed by Vytautas Žalakevičius
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Western
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Regimantas Adomaitis, Juozas Budraitis, Bruno O'Ya, Donatas Banionis, Alida Vija Artmane
Roles Writer
Rating77% 3.8729653.8729653.8729653.8729653.872965
L'histoire se déroule en 1947, dans la campagne lituanienne, lors de l'implantation du régime communiste dans le pays. Une suite d'événements tragiques est déclenchée par l’assassinat du chef du conseil de village par les membres de la guérilla nationaliste, appelée les frères de la forêt.